Caffinated Christmas Challenge May

Hello Coffee Loving Crafty Friends!

Every month there is a coffee/tea challenge on the

Caffinated Christmas Challenge Blog.

Each month there is a theme and this month

it is: Flowers.

One of my favourite gifts for Christmas is this little

package for tea bags. I have some folding instructions

HERE.

You start with a 6x6 inch piece of design paper.

Paper, stamps and dies are all Stampin'Up!

Christmas Cheer stamps and Cup of Christmas dies.

Thank you for looking

and have a caffinated creative day!

 

Beautiful Peony

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I share with you a card I made,

that is inspired by a sudden discovery in my garden:

This beautiful yellow and pink peony was hiding

 in a corner of my garden.

As I live here for 2 Springs now, it must have been here last year too,

but I just did not see it. This peony bush is behind a tree and as you

can see from my hand behind the flower, it is a very large flower.

Because of this they hang underneath the leaves.

On facebook I shared some pictures and got so many comments,

especially about  the color. Yes, this is so special.

I have some red peonies too, but these are not open yet.

For my card I used a flower stamp from Stampin'Up! called

Blended Bloom. The sentiment (congratulations in Dutch)

is a clear stamp from my stash.

The friends background stamp i think is from SU!, but I am not sure.

Thank you for looking

and have a wonderful day!

Cards for the Carehome

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

I haven't been around for some time. Not because I have not been crafty, but because our computer had crashed and I had no idea how to do this blogging on my ipad. Than I found instagram quite easy to share my cards, so please start follow me there tto (4hetty it is on instagram).

So, what have I been doing?

Not so much challenges, for this reason: postage and VAT!

If  I win something, it means I can choose from a shop, but have to pay my own postage. This is usually from the US to The Netherlands a lot! Then when the package arrives over here I even have to pay taxes. I think you can understand it is no more fun anymore to play along.

Most of my time goes to my volunteer work 

for the carehome my mom is in. 

Every Friday I make cards with a bunch of ladies. 

I love using the stuff I have (it never seems to finish), 

my old stamps and design papers. 

So here you see some cards we are going to make next week 

with the set "You've got this" by Stampin'Up!

Most of the time they manage to make two cards.

I hope you all have a lovely Sunday and hope to

see you soon again!

8 days of Hanukkah

 Today is the last day of Hanukkah.

This Jewish Holiday lasts 8 days and every day we light one more candle. To learn more about Hanukkah look HERE. For each day I made a card and here I share with you all 8 cards.

All cards are made with clear stamps by Funky Fossil Design.

The menorah and Jewish sentiments are from my stash.

Thank you for looking and

I hope those of you who celebrate

had a very 

Happy Hanukkah!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to another Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

You find all the details HERE.

I must tell you I have some big troubles with my computer.

My files are encrypted and cannot reach all my pictures to

make art. You may find more on instagram (@4hetty) this

time, because that is easier from my mobile phone.

Today I have been playing with pictures from the old ladies

club at my mother's  home for the elderly.

When all the 3d pictures of Christmas came from the storage,

I found some lovely ones that I could use for the

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. How about this cute owl?!

Here you see a lovely tea cup for Christmas in 3d cutting

on the front of this card.

When you open it, it has a special way to make it stand.

This is how the card looks sideways.

And this is the inside of the card with a sentiment of

a much loved VerveStamp.

Thank you so much for looking

and have fun with the coffee hop.

Cheers!

 

Coffee Blog Hop soon!

 

International Coffee Day

 Welcome to my blog for

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE DAY!

All week there is already a lot of coffee inspiration and giveaways 

on the  Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

For my card for the International Coffee Day I used all materals by 

Funky Fossil Design (one of the sponsors):

- Coffee Die (Coffee Lover Die Set)

- Design Paper (Patina Design Papers)

- Clear Stamps (Time for Tea and Doodle Borders)

As you can see here I placed one of the patina papers 

behind the coffee bean heart die cut. 

The word Coffee is cut out of very shiny paper,

but that is always hard to catch on a picture.

The coffee (tea) cups are stamped on the same color as the card paper

and the design paper and embossed with clear embossing powder

and on the design paper with gold embossing powder.

For the inside of the card I used one of the sentiments from this

awesome Coffee and Friends clear stamp set.

My favorite coffee flavor is in this time of the year: PSL!

Pumpkin Spice Latte. What is yours?

This card is made with two stencils: Fall Flurry and Coffee Cup.

And two stamp sets:

Hedgehugs stamps

and the sentiment is from Pugs and Hugs.

Did you know that by commenting to all 

the international coffee lovers blogs you

might win of of the next prizes?

You find all the participants on the

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

 Funky Fossil Designs -  £25 credit to the store

Gracielle Design - $15 Gift Code

Jane's Doodles - $25 Gift Code

Rachel Vass Designs - Winners choice of 3 images [$10 value] - one winner

The Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog is giving away a $20 Gift Code to your favorite international crafty shop from our Super Sponsor listing.

]Thank you for looking,

stay safe, keep crafting and 

enjoy your coffee!